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Aerospace and Telecommunications Engineering Support Squadron (ATESS) (French: L'Escadron de soutien technique des télécommunications et des moyens aérospatiaux - ESTTMA) of the Royal Canadian Air Force is a lodger unit CFB Trenton in Trenton, Ontario. The squadron was formed by the amalgamation of the Aerospace Maintenance Development Unit (AMDU) and the Terminal Radar and Control Systems Support and Training Unit (TRACS STU) on 29 June 1995.

History
No. 6 Repair Depot (6RD) was established on 18 March 1940 at RCAF Station Trenton. In October 1967, 6RD was reorganized as the Aerospace Maintenance Development Unit (AMDU) and took on additional responsibilities of engineering, design, development, production, installation, evaluation, repair, overhaul and storage of aircraft, aircraft systems and telecommunications equipment. Originally the Training and Support Centre (TASC), the Terminal Radar and Control Systems Support and Training Unit (TRACS STU) arrived at CFB Trenton in 1979. The unit provided technical training for radar and radio technicians, operational training for air traffic controllers, software development support, and engineering. On 29 June 1995 AMDU and TRACS STU amalgamated, forming ATESS, which now occupies many of the same building once held by the former units. The phoenix was chosen as the ATESS mascot to signify the unit's rebirth from the ashes of the previous units.